Posts by Mary Kay

A decade ago Michael Galper, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, was spending much of his free time coaching his daughter’s La Cañada softball team. His desire and ability to easily connect with the kids was recognized by a Hathaway-Sycamores Board Member whose daughter was also on the team. Michael’s caring and deep commitment to the welfare of children together with his financial services background made him an ideal candidate for the Hathaway-Sycamores Board. He has served on the...

Senior Vice President Joe Ford is passionate about the valuable work that happens at Hathaway-Sycamores’ El Nido residential campus. Adjacent to JPL, El Nido is “home” to some 50 boys from 6 to 18-years-old. The programs on campus include Foster Care and Adoption Services, Shelter Care and out-of-home care for boys with severe challenges that prevent them from living safely at home. The boys who come to the El Nido campus are at a critical crisis point in their lives. In addition to mental...

Learning Lab Ventures ( LLV) hosted the First Annual Back-to-School Event at our Family Resource Center last Saturday. Volunteers, including the Highland Park Neighborhood Council, Hathaway-Sycamores’ Los Altos Auxiliary and PwC employees, were present to hand out toiletries, healthy snacks, sunglasses and backpacks filled with school supplies to the children and youth in attendance. Superheroes made a special appearance to help entertain the children and their families as they went through...

In what has become an annual tradition, CPO Commerce, LLC generously donated over 200 backpacks to the children and youth at Hathaway-Sycamores. Volunteers from the CPO Team visited our Family Resource Center in Highland Park last week to handout the backpacks to the kids. Prior to their visit, the team from CPO filled the backpacks with school supplies. The team at CPO is dedicated to helping the youth start the new school off on the right foot by giving them some of the tools necessary to...

The boys and staff at El Nido had a tasty treat when the In-N-Out Burger truck came to our residential campus earlier this week. The helpful In-N-Out staff members were cooking the food to order for the extremely satisfied customers. More than one happy diner was overheard commenting, “Now that’s what a hamburger is all about!” Some of the boys’ family members were able to stop by for the occasion too, making the lunch extra special for the boys on campus. The food was provided free of charge...